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Heavy earth moving equipment could hardly do more than a tornado when it uproots a large tree. The sign advertises hamburgers but the business it stands for was no longer standing. were knocked out but 200 crewmen from across the state converged on Joplin to speed restoration of service. Electrical service also was hit. According to the National Weather Service in Kansas City, the Joplin storm was part of a group of at least 14 con- firmed tornadoes in southwestern Mis- souri. Joplin is nestled in the southwestern quarter of the state near the Kansas- Oklahoma borders. National Guardsmen were called out shortly after the twister struck to help prevent looting. Numerous fires broke out, caused ap- parently by exposed electrical wires. Johnson was a student at the college here. His wife was treated at St. John's Medical Center. The following night, a funnel cloud was sighted near Picher, Okla., but moved about six miles south of Joplin. Sheriff's deputies said it was the first time Joplin had been hit by a tornado. Warning sirens were not sounded in Joplin until the twister landed its first telling blow. Meanwhile, in northwestern Missouri, another tornado blew 62 railroad cars off the track near Rothville. Seven ammonia gas tanks were overturned, but none of the contents leaked, officials said. While 20 homes were demolished by a twister in Conway, Mo., other tornadoes set down in Galena, Kan., New Market, Iowa, and Haskell, Okla. Another funnel cloud at Broken Bow, Neb., upended cattle loading chutes and hog feeders at a farm supply company.

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Heavy earth moving equipment could hardly do more than a tornado when it uproots a large tree. The sign advertises hamburgers but the business it stands for was no longer standing. were knocked out but 200 crewmen from across the state converged on Joplin to speed restoration of service. Electrical service also was hit. According to the National Weather Service in Kansas City, the Joplin storm was part of a group of at least 14 con- firmed tornadoes in southwestern Mis- souri. Joplin is nestled in the southwestern quarter of the state near the Kansas- Oklahoma borders. National Guardsmen were called out shortly after the twister struck to help prevent looting. Numerous fires broke out, caused ap- parently by exposed electrical wires. Johnson was a student at the college here. His wife was treated at St. John's Medical Center. The following night, a funnel cloud was sighted near Picher, Okla., but moved about six miles south of Joplin. Sheriff's deputies said it was the first time Joplin had been hit by a tornado. Warning sirens were not sounded in Joplin until the twister landed its first telling blow. Meanwhile, in northwestern Missouri, another tornado blew 62 railroad cars off the track near Rothville. Seven ammonia gas tanks were overturned, but none of the contents leaked, officials said. While 20 homes were demolished by a twister in Conway, Mo., other tornadoes set down in Galena, Kan., New Market, Iowa, and Haskell, Okla. Another funnel cloud at Broken Bow, Neb., upended cattle loading chutes and hog feeders at a farm supply company.